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yes,the early PC's like oric1 and zx spectrum worked on what was called ROM and ram, the ROM was the operating system and the ram held the information for your program. data was saved on cassette tapes because usually when the machine was turned off anything in the ram dissappeared.
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Will an HP hard drive work in another PC?
Yes it should work in other PCs.
How much does a hard drive for a hp pavilion laptop?
"Pavilion" is the name of a long line of HP PCs; you would need to specify the exact model number. In general, newer PCs have bigger and faster hard drives, and if you wanted to replace the drive, there are a wide variety of choices of size and speed that would fit.
Do you have a downloadable for scrubbing the hard drive?
The best hard drive eraser program for PCs is Darik's Boot and Nuke which can be found at: www.dban.org. If you are using a Macintosh, then use OS X's Disk Utility to erase hard drives. In the utility you can set options to securely erase the data.
What restores the system to its conditions at the time a snapshot was taken?
For Windows PCs, this is a restore point. It can also be a program if you used a program to image your hard drive.
What types of PCs have a monitor separate from the hard drive?
Tower style computers have a monitor that is separate to the monitor. The tower would sit under a desk, by a desk or on top of the desk with the monitor attached by a cable but still being a separate entity to the hard drive.
Where device drivers reside inside a computer?
device drivers are stored on you hard drive. but if you want to find out what they are put yours pcs model number into google
Can you Take a hard drive out of your computer and use it in a external drive case?
Yes, but you have to make sure it's the right size hard drive for the right size external case (or caddy). If it's a desktop PCs Hard drive then you will need a 3.5" caddy, if it's a laptop it will most likely be a 2.5" disk. Also there are two different types of connectors on hard drives. If the hard drive has a wide cable (usually gray) attached to it then it is an IDE drive, if it has thin cable (usually red, sometimes blue) then it's a SATA drive.
Does a PC include a hard disk drive?
Yes, most PCs include a hard drive. Any that you buy preconfigured would. Ones that you build yourself, you would have to make sure to order that component. And really old PCs, many of them did not. They booted from disk, or had tape drives sometimes.
Do all PCs have a d drive?
No. A computer can have any number of drives. A: and B: are reserved for floppy drives, and C: is reserved for the first hard drive partition. The rest of the letters can be assigned to anything. D is usually given to either a second partition on the hard drive, or a CD/DVD drive. However, some computers, such as netbooks, may only have one partition on the drive and not have a CD or DVD drive. If you were to plug in a drive, such as a USB Flash drive or external hard drive, then it would become drive D:.
What are the system requirements for Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs?
The minimum requirements for Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs are as follows:Intel Pentium 233 or compatible64 MB of RAM610 MB of hard drive space800x600 screen resolutionThe recommended requirements (from Microsoft) are as follows:Pentium II 300 or compatible128 MB of RAM1 GB hard drive800x600 screen resolution.
Why won't the hard disk respond to TV and PCs after falling from a certain height?
Because the drive is broken!!! Do not drop harddisks, they break almost as easily a china dishes!!! But the damage is hidden inside.
Do computer hard drives have magnets?
yes, they do as for magnets are used for the speakers from the computers hard drive and to use any network. this is because the major Internet service usesmagnets to send information's to other PCs and each one has its own type of special magnet.
